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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 03 > Big Brown gets chance to prove he’s a big-time colt

Big Brown gets chance to prove he’s a big-time colt

Favorite will try to win the Kentucky Derby today as Triple Crown begins

By Richard Rosenblatt / The Bulletin
May 3, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — All week, the chatter along the Churchill Downs backstretch has been about Big Brown running away with the Kentucky Derby.

The talk ends today and the real running begins in 1¼-mile Derby, where the unbeaten 3-year-old colt has plenty to prove, history to....

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